The official Uefa Champions League Thread

[Fourteenth Eye]

Has it started yet? BBC says delayed until 1530. Are they doing all the usual stuff where they talk for ages about how great the competition is and how great it was last time?!

They are too busy making sure theyre perms are set & theyre shell suits on

'ay ay its grrrrrreat init ....wha do ya meeeeen livapoooooooooole aint inat...sort it will ya ay ay...sound'

 

[Silent Bob]

Liverpool and Chelsea.

 

[Rougvie]

Bovvered

 

[Napper]

that should be a cracker. cue the hype

 

[Silent Bob]

Draw after third pot:

A - Bayern, Juventus, Club Brugge

B - Arsenal, Ajax, Sparta Prague

C - Barcelona, Panathinakos, Werder Bremen

D - Man Utd, Villareal, Lille

E - Milan, PSV, Schalke

F - Real Madrid, Lyon, Olympiakos

G - Liverpool, Chelsea, Anderlecht

H - Inter, Porto, Rangers

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

 

[beardy gull]

Bovvered

I really don't understand why people don't get excited about this. Do you not like football?

...and I hope Catherine Tate dies soon.

 

[Silent Bob]

We know you're not interested, thanks for letting us know.

 

[Blackadder]

Draw after third pot:



G - Liverpool, Chelsea, Anderlecht

I always thought you couldn't have 2 teams drawn together from the same country at this stage?

Have they changed the rules?

 

[Silent Bob]

I always thought you couldn't have 2 teams drawn together from the same country at this stage?

Have they changed the rules?

Liverpool have no country protection because of the way they qualified.

 

[Silent Bob]

Full draw:

Group A
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Club Brugge
Rapid Vienna

Group B
Arsenal
Ajax
Sparta Prague
Thun

Group C
Barcelona
Panathanaikos
Werder Bremen
Udinese

Group D
Manchester United
Villarreal
Lille
Benfica

Group E
AC Milan
PSV
Shalke
Fenerbache

Group F
Real Madrid
Lyon
Olympiakos
Rosenborg

Group G
Liverpool
Chelsea
Anderlecht
Real Betis

Group H
Inter
Porto
Rangers
Bratislava

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I really don't understand why people don't get excited about this. Do you not like football?

...and I hope Catherine Tate dies soon.

I love football. I used to actually enjoy the European Cup when it was knockout stages and the big boys could be placed against a 'small' team and be knocked out.

Now with the league format, the bigger teams have basically ensured that the smaller teams will never prosper.

BORING. Why not just start with the quarterfinals with the same teams every year:

Man Utd
Juve
Milan
Inter
Real Madrid
Bayern
Barca
Chelsea

And every now and then throw a Liverpool, Arsenal, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Lazio into the mix.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Artmedia Bratislava back to torment the blue half of Glasgow?

 

[Easy 10]

Am I being FICK ?
Where are the Russian teams ? Surely they usually have at least one club which automatically qualifies for the group stages ?

 

[beardy gull]

I love football. I used to actually enjoy the European Cup when it was knockout stages and the big boys could be placed against a 'small' team and be knocked out.

Now with the league format, the bigger teams have basically ensured that the smaller teams will never prosper.

BORING. Why not just start with the quarterfinals with the same teams every year:

Man Utd
Juve
Milan
Inter
Real Madrid
Bayern
Barca
Chelsea

Agree to a degree but there's usually one or two suprises -
in recent years - Porto? Monaco? Liverpool?

 

[REDLAND]

Artmedia Bratislava back to torment the blue half of Glasgow?

Lets hope so !!

 

[Parson Henry]

bollox

No relevant comment

 

[Blackadder]

Liverpool have no country protection because of the way they qualified.

Ah!

Thanks Bob!

 

[Parson Henry]

I love football. I used to actually enjoy the European Cup when it was knockout stages and the big boys could be placed against a 'small' team and be knocked out.

Now with the league format, the bigger teams have basically ensured that the smaller teams will never prosper.

BORING. Why not just start with the quarterfinals with the same teams every year:

Man Utd
Juve
Milan
Inter
Real Madrid
Bayern
Barca
Chelsea

And every now and then throw a Liverpool, Arsenal, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Lazio into the mix.

Agree with you entiahly

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Agree to a degree but there's usually one or two suprises -
in recent years - Porto? Monaco? Liverpool?

Yeah I did edit my post to include the odd wildcard entry!!!

But how those big teams moan when a small team like porto win it. I mean how dare they win the competition....